1st Avenue & East 33rd Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 33rd Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 634 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. NYU School of Medicine is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 33 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them schools, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
33 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
E 34 St/1 Av · M34 SBS, QM7, QM8, QM11 +2
Within a walk
16 places
5 public spaces, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 33rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 33 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 33 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Lariat Seat Loops” (1997) by James Garvey at the 33 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 34 St/1 Av, 310 feet away, for the M34 SBS, QM7, QM8, QM11 and two more.

  • 44 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 34 St/1 Av M34 SBS, QM7, QM8, QM11 +2
    310 feet
    M34 SBS QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25 QM65

Next buses at this stop

  1. M34 SBS …
  2. QM7 …
  3. QM8 …
  4. QM11 …
  5. QM25 …
  6. QM65 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 33 St & 1 Ave 83 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 34th Street, 690 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 332-342 East 34th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    480 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 634 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,040th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 173 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1962 and 1998.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 33rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 33rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102540, 103699 and 106622.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 public spaces
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 college
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The River School
    730 feet
  2. NYU School of Medicine College
    850 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray School
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Maryel School of New York School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Vartan Park
    620 feet
  2. St. Vartan Park Playground
    770 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rivergate Public space
    710 feet
  2. Public space at 300 East 34th Street Public space
    770 feet
  3. Public space at East River Realty South Public space
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Manhattan Place Public space
    1,140 feet
  2. Public space at The Water Club Public space
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospitals Hospital
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Civic Club Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. R & S Building Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vartan Armenian Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 33rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.